Stove-oven



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I STOVE 0mm. I No; 467,292. I Patented Jan. 19, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER HOOGERZEIL, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOVE-OVEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,292, dated January19, 1892. Application filed November 25, 1891. Serial No. 413,096. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER HOOGERZEIL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Beverly, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stove-Ovens,of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in stove-ovens of the kind inwhich the ovendoor is connected to a plate or grating, so as to causethe latter to be automatically drawn out when the door is swung open andpushed in during the closing of said door; and this mypresent inventionrelates particularly to improvements on the United States Letters Patentgranted jointly to myself and George F. Hinkley January 7, 1890, No.418,721, for stove-ovens, and it is carried out as follows, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents aperspective view of a stove provided with my improvement. Fig. 2represents a horizontal section of the stoveoven, and Fig. 3 representsa cross-section on the line X X, shown in Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings.

In the patent aforesaid rollers mounted on adjustable bearings securedto the grating are shown, said rollers being adapted to bear against theinsides of the oven and served as means for guiding the grate whilebeing moved in and out. In practice, however, it was found that thegrate when heated expanded sufficiently to cause said rollers to bindand press too hard against the insides of the oven, by which afree-and-easy motion of the grate was prevented.

The object of my present invention is to obviate such difficulty and toso guide the grate that its movement shall not in any manner be impededor obstructed by the expansion caused by the heat of the oven.

In the drawings, A represents a stove, and a is the oven therein, asusual.

Bis the oven-door, hinged to one side of the oven, as usual.

0 represents the movable grating, having pivoted to it at c the curvedlink or bard,

the outer end of which is loosely connected in a detachable manner tothe inside of the oven-door, preferably by means of a lip or projectiond on the bar d, inserted in a slotted ear I) on the inside of theoven-door B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The grating O is supported onrollers c c, which are adapted to roll on the bottom of the oven as thegrat ing is moved in and out.

a a are anti-friction rollers journaled on stationary pins secured tothe oven in any desired manner, between which rollers the grate isguided during its in-and-out motion. Such rollers, however, aresufficiently far apart to prevent obstruction to the free movement ofthe grate in case the latter should become expanded by the heat of theoven.

The above construction is substantially like that shown and described inthe abovementioned patent, andI do not claim such as my presentinvention.

The improved arrangement for guiding the grate as it is being moved inand out is constructed as. follows: Above the grate is secured withinthe oven at one of its sides a horizontal rod E, the rear end of whichis preferably inserted in a perforation in the rear wall of the stove oroven and having its forward end preferably connected in a detachablemanner by means of a pin 6, going through a perforation in the forwardend of said rod E, and a perforation in'an ear a", secured to or forminga part of the forward end of one of the side walls of the oven. Inconnection with such guide rod I use a grooved or forked bracket 0',secured to the edge of the grate (J below the guide-rod E, which bracketembraces the said guide-rod and is provided with an anti-friction roller0, adapted to roll against the under side of said rod during theforward-and-back motion of the grate. By having the grate thus guided atone of its sides only by the mechanism described there is no danger ofthe binding or sticking of the grate, caused by being expanded by theheat of the oven. Besides being practical in its operation at all times,it is very simple in construction and can be applied to stoves of anyconstruction with ease and at very slight expense.

Having thus fully described the nature,

construction, and operation of my invention, I wish to secure by LettersPatent and claim 1. The oven or box a and its hinged door B and themovable grating 0, connected to said door, as described, combined withthe guide-rod E in the oven and a forked or grooved bracket orprojection C on the grating, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The oven or box a and its hinged door 13 and the movable grating 0,connected to said door, as described, combined with the guide-rod E inthe oven and a forked or grooved bracket or projection c on the grating,said bracket having an anti-friction roller, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

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'ALBAN ANDREN,

THEKLA ANDREN.

